Mrs. Rosa Redford, Richmond, Va.
Rating
Title
Mrs . Rosa Redford , Richmond , Va .
Creator
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A.
Publisher
Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Date
[1939]
Description
Mrs . Rosa Redford is pictured sitting in one of her rented rooms , stringing tobacco bags .
Subject (tgm)
Women
Subject Topical
Tobacco industry--United States. Home labor.
Subject Name
Stutz, Carleton. Maxfield, Peter A. Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
Subject Geographic
Richmond (Va.)
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Form General
Photographs .
Report Text
REDFORD , MRS . ROSA ; widow , aged 75 ; has four children , all of who are married and living out of town ; resides at No . 529 N . 21st Street , Richmond , Va . INCOME : Receives $11.50 monthly old-age pension . HOME CONDITIONS : Rents two rooms for $7.00 per month ; both are kept very clean and orderly . She spends about $8.00 a month on food but cannot afford milk and special foods which her doctor says she should have. She has high blood pressure and a bad case of heart trouble . One of her daughters resides in Washington , D.C. , and she has been helping her with the rent money but has been unable to do so for the past two months as she is in very bad health and requires constant medical attention , which is very expensive . She receives bags periodically an strings them in spare moments , earning about $3.00 a month . From this she pays the electric light bill amounting to about $1.00 a month and uses the balance for food . She states that it would be impossible for her to get along without the bags , as she can do no other type of work .
Physical Description of Original
6 cm H x 11 cm W; 2-1/3" H x 4-1/3" W
Digital Collection
Tobacco Bag Stringing
Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Local Identifier
VC331.76 S93s
Citation
Mrs. Rosa Redford, Richmond, Va. In Tobacco Bag Stringing Operations in North Carolina and Virginia, 1939. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
filename
VC331.76_S93s_106.tif
path
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Format
Photographic Print
Rights Holder
No Known Rights Restrictions
Resource Type
Image
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